How to help Ukraine? The question haunts Europe and the West, which have chosen to deliver only defensive weapons to kyiv to counter the Russian offensive. Europe, which multiplies the sanctions against Moscow, which opens its doors wide to the 4 million Ukrainian refugees, which sends its lawyers to the field to investigate war crimes, and which provides humanitarian aid.
Estonia helps Ukraine digitize its administration and economy
To help the government operate and administer the country, the issue of the country’s technological development is also central. And Estonia, a small Baltic country in the north of the EU, intends to play a decisive role. The two countries have been working together for years to set up a digital administration. Which makes all the more sense at a time of war and exodus. Report from Tallinn in Estonia, among tech professionals, signed Marielle Vitureau.
The return of the social
We vote this Sunday, April 10, 2022 in France for the first round of the presidential elections. A campaign that has almost been overshadowed by the issue of the war in Ukraine. But as the deadline approaches, social issues and purchasing power, in a context of global inflation, regain the upper hand. France would like to promote, during its rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union, the establishment of common rules for a European minimum wage. The citizen demand is there.
A minimum wage of 12 euros in Germany
As in Germany, where the new coalition in power around Chancellor Olaf Scholz has kept its electoral promise and had Parliament adopt a minimum wage of 12 euros per hour. It will come into force in the fall of 2022. But while the unions applaud, entrepreneurs predict negative consequences for growth. Report in Berlin by Deborah Berlioz.
If, in France, several presidential candidates are talking about increasing the minimum wage, giving a purchasing power bonus or removing taxes on basic necessities, in Portugal, the socialists in power made the Smic take off in a spectacular way. In Lisbon, Marie-Line Darcy.
And the UK, which is led by a conservative government, is also systematically catching up with its lowest wage levels.but this goes hand in hand with a reduction in social assistance. In London, Marie Billon.
The music chronicle of Vincent Théval
Kae Tempest, a British artist with talents as strong as they are multifaceted. We listen to a track from his latest album More Pressure.